Jack Armstrong (1884–1963)
was a footballer who played in
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
for
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...
between 1905 and 1922.
Armstrong also played cricket for
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...
Seconds and made 17 appearances in the
Minor Counties Championship
The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...
between 1909 and 1910.
Armstrong came from a sporting family. His brother
Thomas Armstrong played cricket for Nottinghamshire
and another brother Albert played for Forest Reserves on several occasions.
References
English footballers
Nottingham Forest F.C. players
English Football League players
Association football midfielders
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